Fred's Fun Fact: Become a Pirate at MIT

Have you ever wanted to become a pirate... We know just the place!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Fred Show is on Fred's Fun Fact. Fred fun
learn so much, by the way, who texted that? A
man who texted that, like, like, layoff Kevin Costner. I'm
not I'm not saying that Kevin Costner is not a legend,

(00:22):
absolute legend, what a stud. But I just didn't see it.
But then he brought up the Whitney Houston thing, and
then I started to see it is hot. Yeah, yeah, again,
I did not say he wasn't hot. I just I
didn't see Jlo Kevin Costner. I for some reason did
see Jlo ben aff like clearly though, so I don't
know luss swag.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
In my opinion, they kind of look like they could
be related. Oh, which I kind of okay.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Oh yeah, okay, right, oh, fair enough, no disrespect. It's
just I didn't necessarily see that one. That was not
my twenty twenty five Bingo car, But so many things weren't.
So Today's fun fact. Did you know, oh, if you're
an undergraduate at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology MITES,
it's a very distinguished place. You got to be really

(01:09):
smart to go there. But did you know that you
can fulfill your dream there of becoming a pirate. The
university does not offer a full major in being a pirate,
but if you pass courses in sailing, fencing, pistols, and archery,
you can receive a certificate asserting your status as a pirate.

(01:29):
It's a real thing, MIT in twenty twelve. Also, I
didn't know you could take classes in sailing, fencing, pistols,
and archery, right, but yeah, you're officially a pirate from
MIT right now. I have no idea how much that
must cost to become a pirate, Like, how much are
you paying? How much did someone pay for you to
become a pirate? And more? Press Show next